Your MasterCard® card is accepted worldwide


MasterCard® is recognised worldwide and your 1st Stop Prepaid card can be used wherever you see the MasterCard acceptance mark.

Prepaid MasterCards can be used in many stores, restaurants, hotels, airlines, car rental agencies, petrol stations and other locations worldwide. In fact, with more than 25 million acceptance locations worldwide, no card is accepted in more places and by more merchants.

Carrying a 1st Stop Prepaid card is a safe alternative to carrying cash. The card can be blocked if it's lost or stolen.


Your Card Can Be Used For
Everyday shopping
Internet shopping
Mail order and telephone order
Topping up your mobile
Pay monthly subscriptions
Withdrawing cash from ATMs





*1st Stop is only open to persons aged 18 and over. Conditions apply. Your 1st Stop Prepaid MasterCard® Card is issued by Newcastle Building Society pursuant to licence from MasterCard International Incorporated. Newcastle Building Society is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (www.fsa.gov.uk/register) and is entered in the Financial Services Authority Register under Registered number 156058. Newcastle Building Society subscribes to the Banking Code, copies of the Code are available upon request. 1st Stop, PO Box 3634, Chester CH1 9NL.

1st Stop Registered Office: Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool, FY4 5LW. Company Registration Number: 5153793. Registered in England and Wales.